I think the real question is, who paid for the airport? And why was a decision made not to build a bridge when the airport was built?
I mean, building an airport in a hard to reach place and then insisting that the federal govt build you a bridge to get to it,*is* a little fishy sounding. Depending on the circumstances around the construction of the airport... -Cameron On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 6:45 AM, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you look at this on Google maps - *http://tinyurl.com/5ql7y5 > > Then it seems like a no-brainer to build a bridge... **Yeah, bridge to > nowhere isn't quite a fair label looking at the map. > > **But is there something wrong with just keeping the ferry as transport or > is it a convenience factor? Asking out of curiosity because I don't know how > truly busy the place is... is a bridge warranted? If it is - why is everyone > so opposed to it? > > Obviously not a huge issue in the scheme of things - I just found the topic > interesting. Alaska is like a foreign world to me ;) > > > * > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 1:50 AM, Beth In Alaska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The infamous bridge to nowhere. >> So, if you ever fly into ketchikan airport, you can't go outside and walk >> around the town of ketchikan, because you are out in the ocean on a tiny >> island. You have to take a FERRY from the airport on Gravina Island to the >> city of ketchikan. The bridge would be created so that people could drive >> to the airport. Its a big bridge for a small city - its as long as the >> golden gate bridge, but its not just a bridge to nowhere. >> >> Ketchikan is a pretty big town by alaska standards with the second largest >> airport in SE alaska (follows Juneau). The ferry actually transports over >> 350,000 people per year. >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:268716 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
